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A Quarantine Update
This has not been a busy year on my blog, having sometimes gone a month or more without posting anything new. Currently teaching three college classes online from home, and not finding much time to write and post images for the blog. One more week in the semester and Spring has sprung, so that should change. I have a backlog of several dozen photos taken in the last few weeks, so I will soon be posting them along with stories of the experiences I'm having along the way. My overall theme is generally concentrated on flowering plants and their symbiotic relationships with their pollinators. When the mood strikes, I insert philosophical and political comments. Please feel free to share your comments, but please be nice. I try to be.
Contact me at blackoaknaturalist@att.net .
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- Joe Willis
- I have been teaching since 1965 and have recently joined the English Department as an Associate Faculty member at Feather River College. Recently taught Nature Literature in America and am currently teaching Interpersonal Communication and Basic Reading and Writing.
Hey Joe,
ReplyDeleteLove the drama of this one. The flower is quite pretty, but it seems that it is bearing witness to the predator and prey cycle. I would be curious to know if you had seen the aphid prior to the image being taken. Sometimes I notice those little nuances after the frame has been taken. This images begs the question "did the aphid make it?"
Cheers
Spencer
Hi Spencer: I didn't see the aphid until I looked at the photo on my monitor. In fact, I was about to give the photo a different title until I spotted the aphid. The ladybug was in the center of the original composition. Then I decided this cropping produced more drama. Poetic license.
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